Posts by Terri O'Brien
What I’m Reading – February 2023
I have by my bedside and have been reading off and on this month, an older book by Terry Cole-Whittaker, titled “What You Think of Me is None of My Business”. A very appropriate title as so often we judge ourselves by what others think of us. At the time of the writing of the…
Read MoreLove You First
We’ve all heard the proverbial thought to love ourselves first. Yet, often we put our needs on the back burner while we pour our energy into loving and caring for our children, our parents, friends, partners, and others through volunteering. What about our needs? Why is it so difficult to put ourselves first, to love…
Read MoreMeditation for Energy through Nature’s Beauty
This 9-minute “Meditation for Energy through Nature’s Beauty” will help you relax and energize your body by visualizing the beauty of a walk in nature. The meditation is inspired by a meditation from www.unifycosmos.com and voiced by Terri O’Brien.
Read MoreWhat I’m Reading – January 2023
I’ve just finished reading, The Power of Discipline – How To Use Self-Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals by Daniel Walter. The book’s underlying theme is taking responsibility for where you are now, and for your actions to get where you want to be. I learned that self-discipline is actually a skill, one…
Read More7 Ways to Improve Your Self-Discipline
Self-Discipline is a skill that can be learned just like any other skill. Below are 7 Ways to Improve Your Self-Discipline. 1. Establish a morning routine – Establishing an early morning and an evening routine is perhaps a habit that pays off by improving yourself mentally, physically, and spiritually. Rather than hitting the snooze button,…
Read MoreThe Party Is Just Beginning
While sitting on the back deck, drinking a cup of coffee, I made the realization that the second part of life, the part after our youth is spent, after raising our children, after family obligations and taking a job to earn an income, is an abyss of personal responsibility. Yet, on the heels of this…
Read MoreMeditation for Letting Go
This 9-minute “Meditation for Letting Go” can be used anytime to detox and release the thoughts and feelings that do not serve your highest good. The meditation is written by Glenda Cedarleaf, MSW, and is from her book “A Guide for Writing and Recording Guided Imagery Meditation” and voiced by Terri O’Brien.
Read MoreWhat I’m Reading – December 2022
Currently, I’m reading studying “As A Man Thinketh”. Another class master, the author is James Allen, and the book was originally published in 1902. He has written several books and this one deals with the power of thought and the use and application of thought to create happy and beautiful issues. He weaves relevant classic…
Read MoreGive Yourself The Gift of Rejection
While I was unsubscribing from the many emails that come unbidden to me, I realized that we can use the same process to thoughts that come to us, quickly deleting the ones that do not support us. Daily, each of us have between 15,000-17,000 thoughts that come into our minds. Many of these thoughts are…
Read More5 Steps to Change A Thought
On any given day, we are bombarded with thoughts from our external world. Below are 5 Steps to Change A Thought. Become Aware of the Thought – Before we can change a thought, we must in tune that the thought is coming from the exterior and we are reacting or responding generally from practiced patterns.…
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